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English 098: Professor Lace
Narrow or Broaden Your Search (Boolean Searching)
Use AND between terms to narrow your search
example: television and violence and children
Use OR and/or truncate (*, ?) words to broaden your search
example: children or youth or adolescents
example: child* (will find child, children, etc.)
Note: check online help for the correct truncation symbol
Finding Statistics
Government sites are excellent locations to find statistics and data to help with your argument.
- Usa.gov is a search engine (like Google) that searches only government sites.
- The library also has a page of Statistical Data Sources: http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Government_Publications/substats.html
Finding Background Information and Articles
You can use these databases or any others listed on the database pages; this list is only a suggestion of places to start your research. If the full-text is not available for the article you want to see, click the 
button or the "Find Text" link to see if the full-text is available in another database.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- CQ Researcher
- Multi-subject databases like General OneFile or Academic Search Elite
- Guide to finding information on controversial and current issues: http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/issues/index.html
Helpful Links
- Sample citations for MLA, APA, and other citation styles: http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/e-books/estylegd.html
- Developing a search strategy: http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/search.html
- How to find a book in the library: http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/i-opac.html
- How to locate articles online or in the library: http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/locatearticles.html
Contact information
If you have questions as you do research for your project in this class, go to Ask-A- Librarian (http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/askus.html), or contact me directly at danielle.skaggs@csun.edu or 818-677-6808.
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